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Topic ID: 469
Message ID: 23
#23, RE: Litcrits who squick, today on Oprah.
Posted by Star Ranger4 on Jan-31-02 at 03:39 AM
In response to message #10
>As it happens, I've got a couple of bits planned for later parts of
>the Symphony that tread similar terrain. It comes with the
>territory, I think - as I've already said (or tried to say, anyway),
>love and sex, both connected and exclusive of each other, are critical
>themes here, and there's no escaping them. Not for me, and (if you
>keep reading) not for you. I'm a little uncomfortable with the notion
>- I was raised in New England and there's part of my soul that will
>always be Puritan no matter how the rest of me rails against it - but
>I'm pressing on anyway because I think it's important, not
>because I'm going for cheap thrills.
>
>So consider this fair warning: it won't end here. It's not a story
>about sex, and I promise never to use the word "cum", but I'm
>not going to shuffle these matters off screen, because
>
>a) that's narratively dumb - what am I supposed to do if I move it to
>"between stories" as suggested, open the next part with "While we
>weren't looking, something naughty happened"?
>
>b) Well, I've already covered b above, so I suppose I don't need to go
>into it again, except to reiterate one more time: it's
>important.

>

Indeed. I have to chime in on your side, Gryph. Not because I'm a rabid crack weasel of a fan, but because I happen to think that your right. I've never seen you engage in this sort of thing with anything but the best of taste, and because it WAS important to the story.

As far as I'm concerned, this gent can take his homophobia and stick it up his waste obulette.

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